Muhammad al-Khalili

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Shaykh
Muhammad al-Khalili
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Died1734
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i
Known forEminent 18th-century religious figure in Jerusalem
OccupationMufti of Jerusalem

Shaykh Muhammad al-Khalili (died 1734) was an Islamic scholar who served as the Shafi'i mufti of Jerusalem in the early eighteenth century. [1] [2] [3] [4] Historian Rashid Khalidi described him as "one of the most eminent eighteenth-century religious figures in Jerusalem." [5]

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